About this title: One hundred years after the historic first transatlantic radio transmission, the extraordinary and often bizarre story of an amateur inventor and his "magic box". The world at the turn of the twentieth century was in the throes of "Marconi-mania"-brought on by an incredible invention that no one could quite explain, and by a dapper and eccentric figure (who would one day win the newly minted Nobel Prize) at the center of it all. At a time when the telephone, telegraph, and electricity made the whole world wonder just what science would think of next, the startling answer had come in 1896 in ...
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Edition: Da Capo Press ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 08/2003
ISBN-13:9780306812750ISBN:0306812754
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2004-09-21
ISBN-13:9780306813788ISBN:0306813785
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2003-08-20
ISBN-13:9780306812750ISBN:0306812754
Description: Excellent Condition in Excellent Condition jacket. Hardcover, Excellent Condition, clean/unmarked, tight binding, minor edge/jacket wear, from a private collection. read more
Description: Fine. 0007130066 This trade sized paperback book is in GREAT SHAPE! ! ! FIRST EDITION! ! The spine is not even creased! Crisp, clean pages. No writing, highlighting, underlining--NOTHING! ! Very minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major. Close to looking like it could be on the shelf of a new bookstore! ! ! SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a beautiful copy! ! ! read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: USA: Da Capo Press, Incorporated, 2003, USA
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780306812750ISBN:0306812754
Description: As New in As New jacket. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 3rd Printing. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "This is the story of how one of the mose extraordinary inventions in history came about. Taking the leading role in a cast of many brillant and eccentric characters in Guglielmo Marconi himself, whose home-made magic box first brought the "new telegraphy' to the notice of the general public. In his lifetime he enjoyed worldwide fame for the achievement of ... read more
Description: Very good. Publishers Overstock. A Very Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
"Saw this at the Harvard Coop, and snapped it up. It's a good read and a fascinating topic. It's essentially a biography of Marconi, focusing on his most creative period, 1896 - 1910 or so. The author glosses past the engineering aspects, which I found frustrating -- why did Marconi's apparatus behave as unpredictably as it did? Would a better physics education have helped him? What did he think was happening, and what really did? Likewise, I wish the author talked more about the business aspects. What were the Marconi companies doing? What was their financial status? It comes up at several points in the narrative, but isn't really explained.
It's a good portrait of a fascinating individual, but insufficient as a technical or economic history."
"Found this by accident perusing the biography section at the library. Didn't know this guy had so much to do with improving (though not inventing)wireless technology..."
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